'Using federal relief dollars to build prisons sets a dangerous precedent, enabling, even encouraging, other states to follow suit,' Sancia Dalley and Christina Hollenback write for CNNOpinion
Sancia Dalley is senior vice president of strategic partnerships and investor engagement at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, an international social justice organization based in Washington, DC. Christina Hollenback is CEO of Justice Capital, an advisory and investment firm that invests toward safe, thriving Black, Brown and systems-impacted communities. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. Read more opinion articles on CNN.
Yet, Ivey has defended the move as a fiscally conservative one, noting that,"while our prison infrastructure is broken, our ability to govern is not." That convoluted logic must be quickly turned on its head. Using federal relief dollars to build prisons sets a dangerous precedent, enabling, even encouraging, other states to follow suit.
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